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The man charged with manslaughter and drunk driving in a deadly head-on crash in Gloucester County on Wednesday was awaiting trial for another DUI-related crash in December, according to court records. Police say John David Acamo, 29, was driving drunk on Guinea Road when he crashed his 2011 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck into a Hayes couple's 2007 Jeep Laredo. The crash killed 78-year-old Stephen Bartok. His wife, Margarita Barok, was flown by Life Evac helicopter to Riverside Regional Medical Center. She was driving the Jeep. According to Sgt. Michelle Anaya with the Virginia State Police, Acamo was driving his truck eastbound on Guinea Road when it crossed over the center...

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The man charged with manslaughter and drunk driving in a deadly head-on crash in Gloucester County on Wednesday was awaiting trial for another DUI-related crash in December, according to court records.
Police say John David Acamo, 29, was driving drunk...

All but 100 of the remaining 1,300 U.S. troops who deployed to West Africa in response to the Ebola outbreak will be home by April 30, the president announced Wednesday.
That includes a group of about 60 soldiers from the 53rd Transportation Movement...

When it comes to landmarks in African-American history, few places can match the depth and breadth of the milestones that have played out over the past 400 years in America's oldest continuous English-speaking settlement.
Here are some of the...

When Ebola broke out in Africa, few considered it would hit Hampton Roads.
Luckily, there have been no reported cases of the deadly virus in the region. But hospital and military personnel alike have taken steps to ward off its spread. Ebola is spread by...

A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday denied bond for a York County man accused of attempting to steal and send to Egypt designs for the nation's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller said there are no...

The Navy engineer accused of attempting to sell design drawings of America's newest aircraft carrier to the Egyptian government lived with his family in a well-known York County subdivision and received a bachelor's degree from Old Dominion University...

The Navy deployed its first high-speed catamaran earlier this week to the western coast of Africa.
The send-off took place Sunday at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek for the USNS Spearhead, a troop and cargo transporter.
This isn't the ship's first...

Another 99 service members arrived in Hampton last week from deployments in Ebola-affected countries in West Africa to undergo a 21-day isolation at Langley Transit Center.The service members are not from local bases, according to Air Force spokesman...

The 90 service members who have lived in near isolation at Langley Air Force Base for the past three weeks were to be released Thursday after being declaired Ebola-free, according to an Air Force spokesman.None had been in contact with the deadly diesease...

A Navy engineer was arrested and charged Friday with attempting to steal plans for the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier, now under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding.Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, a York County resident who worked at Norfolk Naval...

Editor's note: "DP Buzz" is an interactive feature of the Daily Press Opinion Page. We email weekly questions on issues and topics affecting Peninsula-area citizens. Each week, subscribers can choose whether to weigh in or not with a short...

There is a cherished Yiddish proverb that is inspirational to me: "Each child carries his or her own blessing into the world." These little angels are our future and essential to humanity's wellbeing. With such hopes and dreams hoisted onto...

HAMPTON — Airmen from Langley Air Force Base who deployed to West Africa last month as part of an international effort to contain the spread of Ebola there returned home early Monday morning.
A base spokesman said the 633rd Medical Group returned to...

HAMPTON — In October, Kingdom Oguibe became a man from Nigeria who lives in the United States, and was speaking German in China.
No one was more surprised than he.
"It helped me see other cultures from a different perspective," said Oguibe,...

Five Langley airmen were finally on a plane and headed home after a nearly 50-day deployment to Ebola-stricken West Africa.
Then they learned there would be an extension to their deployment — a 21-day isolation to ensure they had not contracted Ebola...

Virginia health officials briefed local government leaders and public health personnel across the state Wednesday on preparations for a possible Ebola outbreak.
New travel screening mandates, more protective equipment for hospital workers, and the...

A medical team from Langley Air Force Base deployed Friday as part of the international effort to fight the spread of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Airmen from the 633rd Medical Group will not directly treat Ebola victims. Instead, they will...

U.S. service members returning from deployments in Ebola-stricken countries will be placed under a 21-day quarantine, according to an order signed Wednesday by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel.The order comes at the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of...

While there is still no Ebola in Virginia, state Health Commissioner Marissa Levine said Monday that she's prepared to invoke “involuntary quarantine” should it become necessary.Speaking in a media conference from Richmond with Virginia Secretary of...

About 20 soldiers are due home around 10 p.m. Tuesday night following a four-month deployment in Afghanistan, according to Fort Eustis spokeswoman Lt. Brooke Betit.
They are from the 612th Movement Control Team, 53rd Transportation Battalion, 7th...